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February General Meeting - Nature Smart Learning Academy
Please join newly inducted “United Nations Logic Circle Initiative” member, Marcus X Russell (Founder and President of “Commissary Is Very Necessary”),as he discusses his organization’s Nature Smart Learning Academy (which emphasizes agricultural and environmental education for young people in inner city neighborhoods) and their work to advocate for those Dallas area residents experiencing environmental racism, food deserts, and environmental inequality .
7:00 pm, Tuesday, February 11 via Zoom
From 6:45 to 7:00 p.m. you can log in to the meeting, chat, and ask questions. The meeting will begin at 7:00 with announcements, followed by our speaker's presentation.
Click here to register for the meeting with Zoom.
Everybody is welcome. You don't have to be a Sierra Club member.
For more information, contact Victoria Howard at Victoria@DallasSierraClub.org.
Earth, Wind & Fire
Back by popular demand, the Earth, Wind, & Fire Conference sponsored by the Dallas Sierra Club!
This one day event will be held at the Brookhaven campus of Dallas College on Saturday, March 1. This is the third conference sponsored by the Dallas Sierra Club and other nonprofit organizations.
If you've attended one of the other conferences sponsored by the Dallas Sierra Club in the past, those events were totally focused on energy. This conference offers a broader spectrum of topics providing a unique opportunity to learn about the ongoing challenges that threaten our air, land, and water both locally and statewide. The conference will also examine our state’s growing energy demands and the initiatives taken to meet our future energy goals.
Speakers will include academics, policymakers and noted professionals locally and from across the country. Topics will explore a variety of issues including:
- Our Future Water Supply
- Clearing the Air for DFW
- The Invisible Danger: Ethylene Oxide
- PFAS or Forever Chemicals in Our Drinking Water
- Urban Fracking
- The Texas Electric Grid and Our Energy Future
- Deep Injection from Oil & Gas Operations and Earthquakes
- Microplastics in Our Waterways
- PFAS Contamination in Groundwater from Deep Injection
Join us as we learn about the threats to our Texas environment and our energy future along with the possible solutions to address the challenges we face.
The last two events were sold out. Reserve your tickets now to attend and receive a discounted early bird registration fee of $55 (includes lunch) through December 31st before the registration price increases!
Visit https://EarthWindandFireEvent.com to get more information about this exciting event and to sign up.
For more information regarding registration, sponsorship information, or to volunteer for the event email Rita Beving, conference coordinator, at rita.beving@gmail.com or call her at 214.557.2271.
White Rock Lake Cleanup - Saturday, February 8
Walk and talk while helping to pick up trash and recyclables at the Sierra Club's adopted section of White Rock Lake Park. Meet Saturday, February 8, at 8:30 a.m. at the Dallas Sierra Club's adopted section of the lake. Our area includes one of the wonderful prairie restoration areas, so there are always birds and wildflowers to enjoy. The lake and your karma will thank you. Click HERE for details and directions.
Dallas Sierra Club's Annual Big Bend National Park Outing
We're ready to accept reservations for our annual trip to Big Bend National Park. Trip dates are February 19-23, 2025.
Everyone will spend at least a first night at a group site at Rio Grande Village in the southeast part of the park. We’ve got three hiking options:
- Backpacking and day hiking in the Chisos Mountains,
- Moderately strenuous day hikes in the east, central, and west parts of the park with returns to Rio Grande Village each evening,
- a longer backpacking trip of three and one half days.
Plan to drive or carpool to the park on Wednesday, February 19, and return home Sunday, February 23. Outing details and sign-up information are available here. For inquiries, email Jim Robarge, robargeDSC@gmail.com.
The Big Bend of Texas has been shaped by eruptions, folds, faults, wind, water, and human management into a fabric of desert, forested mountains, canyons, pinnacles, and pour-offs. The region and the national park take their names from the giant curve the Rio Grande makes as it flows south, east, and north around the land.
Climate and vegetation in the park vary dramatically with elevations from 7,825 feet at Emory Peak to 1,680 feet on the Rio Grande. Remnant ponderosa pines, Douglas firs, aspens, maples, and oaks live at elevations above 6,000 feet. As elevations decrease, forests yield to junipers, then to desert plant communities of agave, yucca, sotol, ocotillo, mesquite, creosote and cactus. The park’s mammal community includes mountain lions, foxes, bobcats, bears, javelinas, mule deer, and white tail deer. For more information about the park, visit http://www.nps.gov/bibe.
Don't miss this opportunity to explore our favorite national park!
The Dallas Sierra Club Needs Volunteers!
Without active volunteers, the Dallas Sierra Club will cease to exist. Because of this, your help is imperative to our survival. While the Sierra Club does have paid employees at the State and National level, the bulk of the work in each state is done by local groups which are entirely volunteer-led. The Dallas group has had a huge advocacy presence in North Texas since the 1970’s, and we’ve been working diligently to better the environment by engaging residents to participate and utilize the strengths they already possess to create positive environmental change. It may be surprising, but much of the work our volunteers do can be done from home with only occasional in-person meetings or events needed. For those volunteers with young families, full-time jobs, or health issues, this can be an ideal opportunity to help without often leaving the comfort of home. Please consider helping us continue the Dallas Sierra Club’s tried and true tradition of 50+ years as an entirely volunteer-led group. Your help can make all the difference. To volunteer, please contact Victoria Howard, Chair of the Dallas Sierra Club at victoria@dallassierraclub.org.
Dallas Sierra Club Outreach Speakers Program - Speakers for Your Group
The Dallas Sierra Club provides outdoor/environmental education in the form of entertaining and informative presentations by Dallas Sierra Club members with expertise in the topics offered. These presentations range in length from 30 minutes to one hour and cover a variety of topics in the general categories of outdoor adventure, environmental education, and general ecology. These talks are appropriate for a wide range of audiences including youth groups, school classes, civic and social groups, nature and gardening clubs, church groups, etc. Any group interested in an available topic is welcome to contact us. To see available topics and to schedule your speaker, click here.
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